I usually like Stephen King’s short stories, but this collection didn’t quite do it for me. A few of the stories were great, but the rest were more sad than scary, which is not what I’m looking for here. “I’ve made some things for you, Constant Reader; you see them laid out before you in the moonlight. But before you look at the little handcrafted treasures I have for sale, let’s talk about them for a bit, shall we? It won’t take long. Here, sit […]
Clown disquiet
I bought this monster of a book quite a while ago and finally decided to get my act together and read it on my two week holiday. I have read some of Stephen King’s books before and really enjoyed his writing style, especially Carrie. I would cautiously label his style ‘intellectual horror’. It did not disappoint. Clown disquiet aside, the idea that It could take on the shape of any of the children’s fears was fascinating. I loved the line drawn between adult and child […]
My journey to the Dark Tower might never end. These are some seriously long books.
Last year, I told myself that I was going to try and re-read as many of Stephen King’s Dark Tower-related books as possible. I pretty much only got through It. I forgot how incredibly long (LONG. SOOOO VERY LONG.) some of these books are. And because of the way I read*, it takes me forever to get through some of these. Last week, I finished listening to Insomnia. I had only read this one once before, way back when it came out. I remember being […]
A spoiler free story about my journey to the Dark Tower
Wow!!! But before I get into the real review, I must discuss my 2015. Feel free to skip ahead but you’ll miss out on the ride. I decided to read the Dark Tower series last year. I set my ambitions high and planned to read the entire DT universe and all books that tied in to the series. I counted 27 of those books and I thought that I would have a very Stephen King year. I was not a fan of Stephen King before, […]
2 suspenseful novellas from Stephen King
The best thing to happen to Stephen King since he was hit by that van is his son, Joe Hill, becoming a bestselling writer as well. I don’t know if it’s collaboration, or just family competition, but King has been putting out material constantly for a few years now. Blockade Billy is a slim one-off novella, packaged with another short story called Morality. Each story explores how darkness inside can destroy what is good in us. The headline story is Blockade Billy, named for […]
He vants to suck your blood.
This book is about evil. But it’s also tricksy. You might think going into the book that that evil will be contained in the form of our central, ancient vampire (the non-sparkly kind, thank you very much, and a true monster in the oldest sense of the term). And there is certainly evil in Kurt Barlow (if that’s even your real name, you son of a bitch), but he wouldn’t be nearly as frightening as he turns out to be if King hadn’t made the […]
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